圳 (zhèn): (dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. )

圳 (zhèn) is a Chinese character meaning “(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (taiwan pr. ).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 土 (earth). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 土 earth6 strokesFrequency #9999

Definitions

  1. (dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. )

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
深圳shēn zhènsee 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4]
深圳交易所shēn zhèn jiāo yì suǒShenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE)
深圳市shēn zhèn shìShenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
深圳河shēn zhèn héShenzhen or Shamchun river Guangdong, the border between Hong Kong new territories and PRC
深圳证券交易所shēn zhèn zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒShenzhen Stock Exchange, abbr. to 深交所[Shen1 Jiao1 suo3]
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Total compounds
0
As first character
20
As last character
80
As middle character

圳 appears in 5 compound words: 0 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 80 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

春天到了，农民开始翻圳播种。

chūn tiān dào le , nóng mín kāi shǐ fān zhèn bō zhǒng .

Spring has arrived, and farmers have begun plowing the fields and sowing seeds.

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竹市汀甫圳步道改善工程完工 议员促延伸“樱花小径”

zhú shì 汀 fǔ zhèn bù dào gǎi shàn gōng chéng wán gōng yì yuán cù yán shēn 樱 huā xiǎo jìng

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倾销争议 天声董事长张水圳曾硬杠美政府

qīng xiāo zhēng yì tiān shēng dǒng shì cháng zhāng shuǐ zhèn céng yìng gàng měi zhèng fǔ

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 圳 (zhèn) mean in Chinese?
圳 (zhèn) primarily means "(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (taiwan pr. )." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 圳 have?
圳 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 圳?
The radical associated with 圳 is 土 (earth). This radical appears in many characters related to earth.
What are common words containing 圳?
Common words with 圳 include: 深圳 (shēn zhèn, "see 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 Shi4]"); 深圳交易所 (shēn zhèn jiāo yì suǒ, "Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE)"); 深圳市 (shēn zhèn shì, "Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]"); 深圳河 (shēn zhèn hé, "Shenzhen or Shamchun river Guangdong, the border between Hong Kong new territories and PRC"); 深圳证券交易所 (shēn zhèn zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒ, "Shenzhen Stock Exchange, abbr. to 深交所[Shen1 Jiao1 suo3]"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
Is 圳 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 圳 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.